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HARNESS ORNAMENT.

No. 337,732. Patented Mar. 9, 1886.

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UNITED Srn'rns HENRY BEEBEE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES E.

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\VALDRON, OF SAME PLACE.

HARNESS ORNAMENT.

SPECIFICALIQN forming part of Letters Patent No 337,732, dated March 9,1886.

Application filed July 94, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY BEEBEE, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness Ornaments; and I do hereby declare that the same are fully described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

The object ofthisimprovement is to provide for the ornamentation of certain parts of harness, such as bridlefronts, 8m.

My invention consists in a band or strip, preferably of polished sheet metal, and a se ries of independent slides of contrasting color or material placed side by side thereon, a part of each slide being in front of the band, and other parts in rear thereof, to retain their proper positions.

A further feature is a supporting and protecting strap beaded on each edge, with an intermediate smooth sunken space to receive said band and slides.

The drawings represent in Figure 1 a front View of a bridle-front embodying my invention. Fig. 2 shows one of the slides detached, dotted lines indicating the position occupied by the band. Figs. 3 and 4 are transverse and longitudinal sections of the parts.

A is the band, which I prefer to make of a narrow strip of sheet-brass, burnished to resemble gold. B B are the slides, preferably of white-metal, aseries of which, independent of each other, are placed side by side on the band A, for which purpose they have an open ing made through them when cast or struck up. The best and simplest form is shown in the detail figures. The central bar, a, of each slide is in a plane in front of the band, while the side bars, cl, are in a plane in rear thereof, so as to lie behind the band. (See Fig. 4..) The bars d may, of course, be in front and the center bar behind the band. Either form is readily cast, molded, or struck up of suitable material, thus requiring no drilling and yet keeping the pieces flat in place on the band.

A peculiarity of my invention is that the slides are so shaped as to expose much of the surface of the band on which they are strung. (See Fig. 1.) This illustration represents the Serial No. 172,525.

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slides as much broader at top and bottom than elsewhere, so that the band is but slightly concealed.

I produce a variety of designs by varying the form of the parts, sometimes omitting the central portion of the bar 0, leaving the upper and lower portions to project over the edges of the band. The band may have an ornamental edge or surface, or be perforated at intervals, and, if preferred, two or more narrow bands or wires may be substituted for it.

The slides do not require separate fastening to the band; but the end ones should be secured to prevent all from sliding off. The bars (Z need not extend entirely across the back of the band, but simply far enough to engage with it. I sometimes apply the slides to the band by means of wire loops on their backs.

I am accustomed to mount this ornamental belt on a jet-black leather-strap, E, having a projecting bead, f, along each edge to hold the slides in place as they lie in contact with the sunken intermediate part. The beaded edges support and protect the slides, and the leather is an effective background for the metal. The ends of the band A are riveted or otherwise secured to the strap, and all the parts are thus kept in proper position. The body of the strap and beads is of sole-leather, by preference, inclosed by a thin ornamental wrapper, 9. By this construction of the band with slides not fixed separately upon it, but held side by side and supported by the beaded edge of the strap E, great flexibility is insured with increased durability.

My invention is also adapted for use in dogcollars, hat-bands, belts, and for similar purposes.

I am aware of the patent to Scott, dated October 25, 1870, for rein-holder, in which is described a straight elastic or semi-elastic grasping-strip of material in one piece, having several loops through which the guiding rein of a bridle is passed to facilitate holding the same by the hand in driving. I disclaim band A, and the series of independent slides B, placed edge to edge thereon, but not secured to each other, the endnnost slides of the series being fixed in position with relation to 5 the ends of the hand, substantially as set forth.

2. The band A and the series of independent slides B c d, placed side by side thereon, and secured at each end thereof, in combination with the doubly-beaded strap E f, having a smooth sunken portion between its beaded, IO 1 edges, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY BEEBEE.

Witnesses:

. A. H. SPENCER,

O. F. WALDRON. 

